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J. MoHALE. HYDROGARBON GENERATOR AND BURNER.

No. 362,984.. Patented May 17, 1887.

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NITED STATES ATENT Erica.

JOHN MOHALE, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AMBROSE H.TEUSH AND TIMOTHY LAHEY, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

HYDROCARBON GENERATOR AND BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,984, dated May17,1887.

Application filed August 23, 1886. Serial No. 211,631. (No model.)

T (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MOHALE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HydrocarbonGenerators and Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableoth- IO ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inhydrocarbon generators and burners; anditconsists substantially I5 inthe same as constructed, and in such peculiar arrangement andcombinations of parts as will hereinafter be more particularlydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

The general objects of the invention will be o fully understood from thedescription hereinafter following; but it may be here stated that thesame is designed principally to economize in the cost of manufactureover former inventions of this character, and to so simplify thearrangement and construction of the several parts of which it isconstituted as to better facilitate the cleansing, and to require butlittle or no skill in the management thereof when in use.

The hydrocarbon employed is placed in a suitable tank, from whence itflows or is conducted to a retort or generator, and, becoming vaporizedby heat, passes off to the burners, where its consumption takes place.The construction of this burner is such that it can readily be placed ineither a heating or cook ing stove, and the results derived therefromthoroughly adapt it to all the purposes for which it is intended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a frontelevation of a burner and generatorembodying niyinvention. Fig. 2 is asectional end elevation thereof on the line m a; and Fig. 3 is alongitudinal hori- 3 zontal sectional view of the same, taken in theplane of the line y Fig. 4 represents, in enlarged section, a detail ofthe burner proper.

Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal sectional View of a stove, showing theapplication thereto of my improvements.

Reference being had to the several parts by thelettcrs marked thereon, Arepresents a tank for containing any suitable hydrocarbon oil, the samebeing arranged at a suitable elevation to cause the oil to gravitate orflow into the retort or generator through a suitable pipe, B.

O designates the retort or generator, consisting of a hollow vessel, towhich is connected, by the coupling indicated by the letters a, b, andc, an end of two pipes, D and E, which are curved around in the mannershown, and whose ends terminate some distance below the bottom of thegenerator. These latter ex tremities of the pipes D and E are connected6 to the ends of an intermediate pipe, F, on which are mounted ordetachably secured two burners, G and G, by means of coupling-sleeves HH, so constructed on their-interior asto receive and hold any suitablepurifying agent--as, for instance, charcoal.

Instead of the intermediate pipe, a simple solid rod may be employed;but I prefer the construction shown. Also'screwed or inserted into theside of the generator 0, and prefera- 7 5 bly about midway between theburners proper, is a cock or faucet, I, having a suitableregulating-screw for opening and closing the same.

The burners are constructed of the separate portions 1 and 2, the upperof which is pro So vided with jetopenings d and surmounted by a smallcap or deflector, 0, while the lower part thereof is provided with asuitable inlet-port for the vapor to pass into the same asit iseonducted around by the pipe I) or E, and also is provided with a valveby which to control the supply of mixture as it is being burned. Theseburners are preferably arranged at a slight inclination from the retortor generator, (see Fig. 2,) so as to have a part of the flame issuingfrom the jet-openings impinge upon the said retort for the purpose ofheating the same to keep up a continuous vaporization of the oil, aswell, also, as to have some of the flame impinge upon the inner sides orwalls of 5 the stove in which the apparatus may be placed; and thepurpose of this cap 0 is to deflect the flame in the direction desired.

Secured detachably to the intermediate pipe, F, is a pan, f, which isprovided, preferably, with a covering of intermeshing wires orwiregauze, 9. Into this pan is placed a material,

as pumice-stone, either in a solid or pulverized condition, and bysaturating the same with some of the mixture from the generatorit may belighted for the purpose of starting the vaporization. One side of thispan is formed with a split ring or sleeve, K, whose sides are slightlysprung together, as shown in Fig. 2, and by this construction the panmay be easily slipped on and off the pipe F.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The tank having been filledwith the hydrocarbon oil, and the pan f, previously filled withpumice-stone, attached to the pipe or connection F, the cock or faucet Iis turned to cause some of the oil to flow into the pan for saturatingthe pumice-stone. After sufficient saturation thereof the cock is turnedoff and the saturated pumice-stone ignited, thus causing a flame toimpinge upon and around the retort to start the vaporization of the oiltherein contained. After the vapor has been gener-- ated it will passaround to the burners G and G through the pipes D E, and it is evidentthat by the proper regulation of the valves of the burners the vaporwill pass up to the jetopenings cl, where it is ignited, and thus acontinuous generation of heat and vapor may be maintained.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a combined generatorand burner embodying my invention is both simple in operation and in thegeneral construction and arrangement of parts. It will'further be seenthat the parts constituting the same can all be readily taken apart forthe purpose of cleansing and again put together, and also that a mostperfect regulation of the apparatus can be had when in use, requiringbut little or no skill in the management thereof.

By reference to Fig. 5 will be seen the manner in which the burner islocated or arranged Within a stove for the purpose of heating the same,and wherein the said burner or apparatus is shown as being removablysupported in the fire-chamber of the stove by hooks or brackets 10 w,the pipe leading from the tank to the retort 0 being passed out througha suitableopening provided therefor. The tank itself may be supported inany obvious manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim' as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with asuitable oil-tank, of the retort G, the pipesD and E, communicating therewith, and the burners G and G,

secured to such pipes and provided with a cock or valve for regulatingthe same, the said burners being removably secured to an intermediatepipe, F, uniting the pipes D and E, sub stantially as described.

2. The combination of the generator 0, having cock or faucet I, theoil-tank and supplypipe, the pipes D and E, communicating with thegenerator and extending down below the same, the pipe F, connecting theends of these pipes beneath the generator, the burners G G, havingregulating-valves and formed of the two parts 1 and 2, and the panf,having split ring K, fitting around pipe F; and provided with a coveringof wire-gauze or other equivalent material, as and for the purposedescribed. v

3. The combination, with the tank, of the generator, the connection a,b, and c, the pipes lingsleeves H H, detachably connecting said burnerswith said pipes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix in y signature in presence of twowitnesses. V

' JOHN MoHALE.

Witnesses:

HARRY DONHAM, D. N. TAYLOR.

. D and E, the burners G and G, and the coup-

